Cultivator



plfil 26, 1932. F, Ff. FRANKUN 1,855,951

CULTIVATOR Filed J-une 5, 1931 @gaf/wmf@ Patented Apr. 26, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE FLOYD I. FRANKLIN, 0F AKRON, OHIO CULTIVATOR IThe object of this, my present invention, is the provision of a hand operated wheeled cultivator, in which the blade of the cultivator may be arranged at any desired angl-e and in which the said blade is mounted upon an arched standard which, regardless of its movement through the support therefor will be arranged in close proximity to the wheel of the device and afford a scraper for such wheel.

To the attainment of the foregoing the invention. consists in the improvement hereinafter described and definitely claimed.

In the drawings:

Figure l is a side elevation of the improvement.

Figure 2 is a bottom plan view thereof.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary side elevation with parts in section.

Figure 4: is a fragmentary top plan view.

The frame of the cultivator is constructed from a single piece of tubular metal and is of the ordinary construction. The tube is centrally bent upon itself to provide outer parallel spaced arms 2 arched from their inner ends away from each other and from thence continued to provide the handles proper. The handles are indicated by the numeral 3 and there is a brace support 4 between the handles. Between the parallel side members 2 formed with the front ends of the handles there is j ournaled a ground wheel 5, and arranged between the said side Inembers 2, adjacent their rear ends there is a block 6. The block preferably has its sides grooved to receive the members 2 therein, while securing elements 7 pass through the said sides 2 and enter the block. The block has a curved opening 8 formed to present the arc of a circle arranged longitudinally therethrough, and in this opening there is received the arched standard 9 for the cultivator blade 10. A binding element 1l passes through the top of the bloc-k and contacts with the upper edge of the arched standard 9.

By reference to the drawings it will be noted that the outer edge of the 'forward hooked portion of the standard is at all times arranged at the same distance away from the wheel 5, so that the standard serves as a scraper for the wheel. It will be also apparent that the standard may be moved through the curved or arched slot 8 to arrange the blade 10 at any desired angle with respect to the frame, and will be securely held at such angles by adjusting the binding element ll. It is also thought that the simplicity and advantages of the construction will be apparent without further detailed description.

Having described the invention, I claim:

A hand operated cultivator including a frame having' a reduced front lower portion between whose sides is journaled a ground wheel, a block fixed between the sides to the rear of the ground wheel and having a longitudinal curved opening therethrough, an arched standard for a cultivator blade re* ceived in the opening, and a binding element passing through the block and contacting with the standard for adj ustably holding the standard in the block, the said standard having its forwardly disposed curved edge in close proximity to the wheel and sustained in such relation regardless of the adjustment of the standard through the block.

In testimony whereof I alliX my signature.

FLOYD P. FRANKLIN. 

